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GOP leaders oust tea party-backed New Hampshire chairman
A tea party-backed chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party — under fire for lackluster fundraising, election losses and inexperience on the job — resigned just minutes before fed-up GOP leaders could remove him. Jack Kimball — who became chairman just seven months ago as part of the much-heralded “tea party revolution” in New Hampshire [...]
Ingram’s loss not that surprising
Longtime Floyd County Board of Supervisors Chairman David Ingram’s loss to political newcomer Lauren Yoder in the Saturday GOP canvass surprised few. It’s a bad year for incumbents and the furor over tax hikes a few months ago signaled trouble for anyone who supported the hikes. The local tea party hasn’t taken credit for Yoder’s [...]
Politics, partisans and stereotyping
A member of the local tea party got in my face during a break at the monthly board of supervisors meeting Tuesday and claimed I was “biased” and “not a real conservative.” Well, he was half-right. I’m not a conservative. I’m not a liberal. I’m not a Democrat. I’m not a Republican. I’m an American [...]
Just an American
Many motorcyclists (and I ride one) cover their helmets with stickers. My helmets have once small sticker on the back. It states: I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. I am an American. There is a difference. I don’t believe in political parties and have never belonged to one although I did [...]
Boucher will be missed
Mason Adams at The Roanoke Times has a good profile of outgoing Congressman Rick Boucher who is leaving Congress after 28 years representing the “Fighting Ninth” of Southwestern Virginia. Writes Adams: For 28 years, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher divided his time between the mountains of Southwest Virginia and the ornate buildings on Capitol Hill. By [...]
Voter anger sends Boucher a pink slip
The networks called the 9th District Congressional race early Tuesday. Republican Morgan Griffith, the carpetbagger from Salem, ousted Democrat Rick Boucher from the Congressional seat he has held for 28 years. In a campaign fueled by voter anger, outside money and 800 grand in spending by the National Republican Congressional Committee, Griffith handily defeated a [...]
Tea party endorsement of Griffith a meaningless act by a sham group
The Floyd tea party — such as it is — endorsed Morgan Griffith for Congress last week. Yeah, sure. They weren’t going to endorse Boucher. He’s a Democrat and far too moderate for the right-wing extremists of the tea party “movement.” Jeremiah Heaton? No way. Heaton makes Sharron Angle look well versed on the issues. [...]
Odds favor another term for Boucher
Many Congressional incumbents around the country are in trouble. At the moment, veteran 9th District Congressman Rick Boucher does not appear to be one of them. A new poll shows Democrat Boucher leading Republican challenger Morgan Griffith by 13 points — 52-39 percent. An incumbent with more than 50 percent re-elect is not usually considered [...]
Tea Party running out of steam
Just call the Tea Party the CB Radio of this year’s political circus, a fad that is fading fast, a crackpot idea whose time never was and now is disappearing faster than Sarah Palin’s credibility. Three Tea Party candidates went down in flames in the Virginia primaries Tuesday, beaten to a pulp by established candidates. [...]
Oh oh, the rabid right is angry with Bob McDonnell
The rabid right wing of the Republican party saw Bob McDonnell’s election as a road to the past, restoring the shameful and restrictive policies of the Old South to the Old Dominion. Now they’re not so sure. “He clearly cannot be trusted,” Joe Glover, a Republican activist who lives near Lynchburg and heads the Family [...]